Poultry-housing device



D E SPEICHERVICE l DE USING TRY H0 8.4918. Pll/l-TION FAILED NOVl l APatented July 6, 1920.

UNITED STATES Parar orifice,

:DANIEL E. SPEICHER, OF URBANA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CYCLONEMANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF URBANA, INDIANA.

POUL'IRY-HOUSING DEV ICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920;

Application led November 18, 1918. Serial No. 263,021.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. SPEICHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Urbana, in the county of lVabash and State of Indiana, .haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Housing Devices,of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in poultry housing devices suchas shown and claimed in Letters Patent #1,303,736 issued May 13, 1919,and it is the principal object of the invention to provide the housingdevice with a novel form of bracing or reinforcing means adapted forarrangement across the normally open end of the main housing sectionthereof whereby the sides of the section will be maintainedrin rigidspaced relation and in consequence will permit the parking or secondarysection of the device to be freely adjusted with relation thereto andalso will permit the housing device to be used with or without thebottom.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide anovel form of removable bottom for the main section so formed as toprovide guides for the lower marginal portions of the secondary section,shifting of said bottom with relation to the main section beingprevented; by its engagement with the reinforcing element.v

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The improvements in the details and arrangement of parts will beapparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings when consideredin connection with the specific description hereinafter contained andwherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown for thepurposeof imparting a full understanding thereof. Y

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view' of the im proved housing device in itsextended position.

Fig. 2 is a verticaly longitudinal section therethrough, the removablebottom being shown by full lines in normal lowered position, while bydotted lines the said removable bottom is slightly inclined to disclosethe path of movement in removing the bottom from-the housing section. y

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end elevation of the main housing section, and

Fig. .4 is a reduced detail in perspective of the novel form ofremovable flooring employed in connection .with the main housingsection.

Having more particular reference to the drawings in connection withwhich like reference characters will designa-te corresponding partsthroughout the several views, l represents the main housing section ofthe device, the lower marginal portions of which are flanged at 2 whilethe marginal portions thereof adjacent the forward or normally open endof the same are rolled and receive a wire bracing or reinforcing membertherein, one portion of said member extending transversely across thelowerl portion of the open end of the section l as indicated by thenumeral 3 and being provided with upwardly bent ngers or stops d, thepurpose of which will be presently apparent. To permit the device to bereadily carried, a handle 5 of suitable form may be and preferably isengaged with the top portion of the section l.

Snugly received in the lower portion of the housing section l andresting on the flanges 2 formed on the lower ends of the walls thereofis the removable floor G, which as will be noted is provided with rightangularly formed flanges 7, certain of which engage the flanges 2V whilethe remaining or forward flange is received under that portion of thereinforcing wire indicated by the numeral 3 as clearly shown-in the Fig.

3; the fingers or stops l serving to posi- 90 tively stay undue movementor shifting of the floor 6 with relation to the section l, that is.,longitudinally of the same. The fingers or stops 4 not only serve toprevent longitudinal movement of the flooring 6 as 95 does the wire fromwhich they are struck or formed, but they also serve to prevent upwardor near vertical movement of the opposite end ofthe flooring such asmight be permitted should the flooring be engaged only by theloweipoition of the bracing wire. ln other words the formation of thefingers or stops Ll in the lower portion of the bracing wire serves toprevent the wire from acting as a pivot upon which the flooring G 1.05could move. In this connection, it is to be noted that the flangesformed on the opposite sides of the floor 6 are of widths such as willcause the body portion of the floor to be spaced inwardly from theadjacent portions of the side walls of the section 1 and in consequencewill provide longitudinally disposed parallel ways.v The lingers orstops i are located onthe portion 3 of the reinforcing wire so as to bedisposed contiguous to the ways in the floor G.

Telescopically engaged with the main section 1 is a secondary or parkingsection 8, the sides and top of which are formed of foraminated materialhaving its free marginal portions braced by strips 9 secured thereto.The inner end of the secondary section 8 is open while the outerendthereo'l' is closed by a wall 10 formed with an exit 11, which as willbe noted, can be closed by doors 12 and 13, the door 13 being offoraminated `material and so arranged as to be covered by the adjacentdoor l2 when desired. Iiotatable locking pins 14 are engaged with thewall 10 and are adapted to pass through openings formed in portions ofthese doors 12 and 13 whereby the same can be positively held in theiropen or closed positions.

To effect ventilation of the housing device when closed, circularlydisposed ventilating openings are formed in the upper portions of theendwalls of the sections 1 and 8 and receive cutoff plates 15 thereover,these plates being formed with corresponding openings adapted toA aline,when desired, with said irst opening. I-Ience, by rotating the controlplates 15, the size of the openings in the end walls of the severalsections can be controlled and in this way proper ventilation of thedevice will be insured.

From the foregoing, it will be readily understood byv persons skilledAin the art that I have provided an exceedingly simple, compact anddurable form of housing device for poultry, further, a device which willbe found particularly advantageous for use in connection with theraising of chickens. By reason of the engagement of the reinforcing wirewith the forward or open end of the main section 1 of the device, theadjacent portions of said section will be materially rigidiiied andbraced and therefore, movement of the parking section Sinto and outAthereof can be effected with'ease and without liability of binding inthe section 1, such as may be caused by theV impinging of the side wallson the side wallsk of this parking or secondary section. Furthermore,distortion or` 'undue movement of the floor 6 such as may be caused bymove# ment of the side walls of the main section 1 will be prevented,While longitudinal shifting of the floor will be prevented by reason ofthe stops 4 formed on the portion 3 of the lreinforcing wire.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modicationand said device and overlying a portion of the floor to provide aretainer therefor and to prevent sliding movement of the latter.

3. In a telescopic housing device, a bracing element carried by one ofthe telescoping sections of said. device at the lower portion thereof, aflooring removably arranged in one of said sections and underlying thelower portion of the bracing element to hold said flooring fixed againstsliding movement. i

4. In a telescopic housing device, a flooring arranged in one sectionthereof having.

longitudinal ways formed therein for receiving portions of the othersection, and a bracing element extending transversely across Vthe lowerportion of the open end of said first section and overlying a portion ofthe flooring to prevent longitudinal movement thereof. j

5. A telescopic housing device including main and secondary sections,said main sec tion having the lower portions thereof flanged, a flooringarranged on said flanges, said flanges being formed with longitiulinallydisposed ways for receiving `the lower marginal portions of thesecondary section, and a bracing element extending transversely acrossthe lower portion of the open end of said main section having connectionwith the sides thereof and overlying a portion of the floor. v

6. In a housing device having telescoping sections open. at their endsinterfitted with each other, a bracing element extendingtransverselyacross the lower portion of one open end and havingconnection with the sides of said section, portions of the said bracingelement being bent to provide guides for the'other telescopic section,anda removable floor arranged in the first named section and having itsforward portion bent to engage with the bracing element so as to holdthe floor against sliding movement.

7. In a housing device having fa body open at its bottom and front, abracing element secured to the open front and disposed transverselyacross the open bottom adjacent to said open front, and a flooringremovably held in the body to close its open bottom and detachablyengaged With the transverse portion of said element.

8. In a housing device having a body open at its bottom and front, abracing element secured to the open front and disposed transverselyacross 4the open bottom adjacent to said open front, and a fiooringremovably held in the body to close its open bottom and detachablyengaged with the transverse portion ot' said element, and a telescopingsection slidable in the body.

9. In a housing device having a body open at its bottom and front, abracing element secured to the open front and disposed.

transversely across the open bottom adjacent to said open front, and aflooring removably held in the body to close its open bottom anddetachably engaged with the transverse portion of said element, and atelescoping section slidable in the body, the sides ot the body and theelement being constructed and arranged to provide Ways for the slidingsection.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature hereto.

DANIEL E. SPEICHER.

